The Fog of War - SBS ONE Tues 28th Jul 10pm AEST

[gary]

With the recent passing of Robert S. McNamara, SBS One will be airing
Erroll Morris's brilliant Oscar winning documentary, "The Fog of War".

McNamara, ex president of the Ford Motor Company was later Secretary of
Defence under Kennedy and for a while under Johnson.

In a series of interviews combined with archival footage and a moving score by
Philip Glass, Morris provides a series of "lessons" by McNamara who in his
later years has the benefit of wisdom that comes with age along with the
benefit of twenty-twenty hindsight.

From the Great War, to the fire bombing of Tokyo in World War II, to the
Cuban Missile Crises, to the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the tragedy of the
Vietnam War, McNamara provides riveting accounts of them all.

One of my favorite pieces of documentary film making, "The Fog of War"
is compulsory viewing for anyone interested in the history of the 20th Century
and for that matter, anyone interested in hard won lessons to carry forward into
the future.

SBS One Tues 28th Jul 10pm AEST

[Dennis]

Thanks Gary – I’ll take a look at this one. I hope that the “lessons learned” remain learned!

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks Gary - will record this one.

[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

I liked this doco so much I got the DVD.

Unfortunately the lessons have not been learned wrt Iraq & Afghanistan.

McNamara worked with Curtis LeMay. The Character in Dr Strangelove "General Buck Turgidson" was rumoured to be modelled on LeMay.

Hilarious send up. LeMay was as mad as they come.

I think McNamara was also credited with the introduction of car seat belts.